Bell-striker



No. 62l,0|3. Patented Mar. I4, I399. A. ABENS.

BELL STRIKER.

(Application filed Nov. 26, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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.NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

AUGUST ARENS, OF NEWV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE P. 85 F. CORBIN, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BELL-STRIKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 621,013, dated March 14, 1899.

Application filed November 26, 1897. Serial No. 659,726. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUST ARENs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, Hartford county, Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bell-Strikers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invent-ion relates to improvements in bells; and it consists, essentially, in improving the striker therefor.

The object of my invention is to provide in a bell the simple, inexpensive, and effective means whereby the bell may be vibrated.

Figure'l is a plan view of the actuating mechanism and striker, the bell portion being removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the center of Fig. 1, the bell being shown in place.

Referring to the drawings, Ais a base. 13 is anarm carried thereby, curved upwardly and centrally and carrying at its free end the bell C.

D is a suitable support for the mechanism by which the striker (or strikers) is actuated. This actuating mechanism may be of any well-known type; but in the form illustrated it comprises a central shaft E, having a handle E at its outer end, whereby the same may be revolved. At the inner end of the shaft E is a toothed wheel F, meshing with a pinion upon a second toothed wheel G. This second toothed wheel G meshes with apinion H, which is fixedly mounted upon a rotating shaft I. Suitably mounted upon the rotating shaft I is a striker-frame J. By rotating the driving-sh aft E the shaft I and the strikerframe J are rotated, the speed of the latter being multiplied by the intermediate gearing.

The striker mechanism, to which this invention primarily relates, comprises a bellshaped hammer K, having aheaded offset K extending therefrom. One of these hammers is loosely held at each extremity of the strikerframe J and in such a manner as to project laterally therefrom. To accomplish this,

ends of the said frame are suitably formed to loosely embrace the oifset K between the head and the ball, the engagement being such that the outward swing of the hammer K is limited. Each hammer is also allowed to freely oscillateand rotate, so that when the shaft I is rapidly turned the centrifugal force generated will throw the hammers away from the pivotal center and into such a plane as to impinge against the internal surface of the bell. The hammer-carrying extremities of the striker-frame J may be of any suitable number. As anything which tends to retard this quick rebound is of serious import and prevents the effective acting of the hammer, it is important to note that as the hammers K are loosely held in the frame J and laterally directed therefrom there is nothing that can prevent in the slightest the quick rebound of the hammer after striking the bell. It is also clear that there is no necessity of providing an internal lug on the bell to stand into the path of the hammers, as is commonly the case.

While I have shown the hammers as ballshaped, nevertheless they may be elliptical or of any other desired formation, so long as they are provided with offsets which hold .them in a lateral position with respect to the striker frame or support.

Certain other changes in the construction and arrangement of the parts are contemplated, and I do not therefore limit myself to the particular construction and arrangement herein shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes as are fairly within the spirit and scope of my invention.

What I claim is In a 'bell, in combination, a rotatable frame located within the bell and eccentric to its axis, openings in each end of said frame, oscillatory strikers each independently connected to the ends of said frame through the medium of headed offsets integral with said' strikers, the length of said offsets being substantially greater than the thickness of the frame while the diameter of the shank portion of said offsets is substantially less than the width of the opening in the ends thereof so as to permit the free and unrestrained oscillation of the strikers, substantially as described.

Signed at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, this 22d day of November, 1897.

AUGUST ARENS.

Witnesses:

G. E. Roor, L. M. BANoRoFT. 

